Indiana
library and information professionals are now welcome to take
hundreds of pre-paid live online courses from Lyrasis. Unlike the self-paced courses in the WebJunction Indiana
catalog, Lyrasis courses are taught live online by professional
instructors. Lyrasis courses normally cost between $120 and
$220, but are now available at no cost. The Indiana State
Library purchased hundreds of LEU-certified course
units for Indiana library professionals. This offer will
last until these units are exhausted and perhaps longer
depending upon the popularity of the courses.

Next, Locate the session, date, and location and click on the
"Register" button. Make sure the session, date, and time you
selected is correct and enter the required information. Click
the “Add to Cart” button and add ISL2009 in the field
labeled “Promo Code” and proceed to the Shopping Cart. Once you
check out you will be asked for your payment method. Please
select “Bill Institution”. There will be no charge
to your institution; this is just a system requirement. View
this class registration tutorial
to help you get started.

Please understand
the rules for registering for
Lyrasis courses before enrolling in a class.
Specifically, the class registration deadline is two weeks prior
to each session. Registrations received after the deadline will
be accepted as space permits and must be confirmed by calling
the Lyrasis office at 800.999.8558. Since each course has been
pre-purchased, please register for courses you only plan on
attending and set aside enough time to complete each course in
its entirety. You will receive a certificate of completion once
the course has been completed. Please print a copy of this
confirmation of LEUs for your own records. For more information
visit
http://www.in.gov/library/lyrasis.htm or email
any questions, comments or feedback about these Lyrasis courses to pdo@library.IN.gov.

The all new IN.gov mobile presence contains many great features
that will continue to grow. Upon entering IN.gov into a mobile
device will bring up the options like Find An Agency,
Find A Person,
Events & News,
Check Visit Times At BMV
Branches, and much more. These features enable
you will to get the latest events and news as they become
available within the state of Indiana, updated throughout the
day and designed for your mobile device.

The State Library also got in the mobile act by offering useful
information such as important phone numbers and hours of
operation. See for your self on the State Library's mobile page
or view all of
IN.gov's mobile resources at www.IN.gov/mobile.

The
Teacher Creativity Fellowship Program, which began in 1987 as a
program for Indiana's public school teachers, has evolved over
the years to expand eligibility to teachers in private and
parochial schools, media specialists, and to principals and
assistant principals. The program has supported creative
projects that are personally renewing and intellectually
revitalizing.

For 2010, the Endowment announced that it will again offer up
to 120 grants of $8,000 each to Indiana's public and private
school teachers, media specialists, principals and assistant
principals for projects of the individual's choice.

In 2009, the Endowment granted 129 awards of $8,000 each for
the pursuit of independent projects of an individual applicant's
design and choice. The Endowment also encourages teams to submit
collaborative proposals for the $8,000 program. Nine recipients
were selected as "distinguished fellows" and received grants
of up to $25,000.

For more information contact the grant program director
Barbara S. DeHart, 317-916-7345 or visit the grant webpage.
To read about the 2008 participants in the Teacher Creativity
Fellowship Program, click here.